Together with other Mayors, I’m initiating legal action against the train operators and their 21-day “consultation” on ticket office closures. We’ll explain more tomorrow about why we believe we have a strong case to get the current process stopped. https://t.co/NGvlKXYRdG

Impressive to see that Brexit is STILL bringing out the very best in people #Newsnight

Partridge in a pear tree. The rant before Christmas. Call it what you will but enjoy and share Richard Madeley interviewing himself! #SupportRailWorkers

Pls share Are u in council tax band A-D? U were entitled to a £150 cost of living rebate earlier this year. It was automatic if u pay council tax by direct debit. Others had to claim. 300,000 still HAVEN'T claimed & only have til 30 Nov. Claiming help

Gavin Williamson allegedly bullies civil servants He allegedly threatens MPs He’s sacked for leaking His incompetence damaged a generation of children I have full confidence in him & if we had an election you would show him how much confidence you have too

#MeetTheTeam We are recruiting! If you want to work for a compassionate and forward thinking organisation look no further. We support Asylum Seekers,Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants in #Colchester to find out more please email mw@rama.org.uk

Open Studios this weekend. Mosaic, sculpture, painting, textiles, photography, floristry, leather work and more. Commissions and sales. Can you spot photo of Esturiana on The pier at Harwich? @ACAVAEssex #openstudios #Colchester #whatsoncolchester #ArtistOnTwitter #mosaicmonday

Putting Brightlingsea on the map ❤

Thank you @Your_Colchester for cleaning up that awful racist graffiti on our beautiful Hilly Fields so quickly. Really pleased to see @EssexPoliceUK taking it very seriously. So saddened to see this disgusting behaviour.

🚨 BREAKING: Every single University in the UK will strike for 3 days at the end of November as UCU members fight to save the sector. RT IF YOU WILL STAND WITH THEM. The longer the picket lines, the shorter the dispute. #ucuRISING

"Are you on the side of the workers?" Last night, @RMTunion General Secretary Mick Lynch gave a blistering speech at the @The_TUC rally, and now he's trending on Twitter again. Please watch and share and help us #DemandBetter

Very chuffed to have my #debutnovel, Penknife, reviewed in the latest issue of @InsideTimeUK, the monthly newspaper for prisoners, by bestselling author and veteran crime reporter, Duncan Campbell. Out now, published by @SilverWoodBooks https://t.co/Rzp243dyc8

Great write up for @westoverjames #Penknife novel in @InsideTimeUK . Would be great to see this in prison libraries! https://t.co/rtWaAlQhEb

#HappyPublicationDay to my #comingofagenovel, Penknife, set in mid-eighties Essex against a backdrop of the 1984 miners' strike. Published by @SilverWoodBooks. For more details, check https://t.co/CzGBJeSdXx

Brazil president-elect Lula will get to work on climate change right away, sending reps to the UN's COP27 summit next week before he takes office 🧵w/ highlights from my story on what @MarinaSilva, investors and others said today on Lula's election win 1/ https://t.co/XgVmWT1eCU

Worked with 30 yrs of Home Secretaries, this is THE worst An incompetent, hateful security risk whose lack of integrity shames her Govt & this country Patriotism is the last refuge of this scoundrel HATING others more than loving your own is not patriotism, that’s nationalism

BREAKING 🚨 | The new Conservative Minister for Work and Pensions called for women's maternity leave rights to be SLASHED.

Rishi Sunak's wealth is so vast that it would take someone on the average UK salary over TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND YEARS to earn that much. Remember that when he's talking about "difficult decisions". He doen't mean difficult for him. He means difficult for you.